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ORDINANCE NO. 2003- JltJ31 PAGE 2 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of La Porte hereby finds, determines and declares that the preamble to this ordinance is true and correct in all aspects, and hereby determines and declares that the public parking of vehicles for sale is a public nuisance. SECTION 2. Chapter 70, Article I., Section 70-1 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of La Porte, Texas is hereby amended by adding in correct alphabetical sequence the following definitions: "Unauthorized location means any area where a vehicle for sale is parked when that area does not have both a zoning permit issued by the City of La Porte for the sale of vehicles, a copy of which has been filed with the Chief of Police of the City of La Porte, and a license from the Texas Department of Transportation for the sale of vehicles at that location. "Vehicle for sale means any motor vehicle, boat, trailer, jet ski, recreational vehicle, camper or other vehicle (collectively called "vehicle" or "vehicles") having displayed thereon any writing or signage indicating such vehicle is for sale." SECTION 3. Chapter 70 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of La Porte, Texas is hereby amended by adding new Article VIII Public parking of vehicles for sale prohibited, which shall hereafter read as follows, to-wit: Article VIII. Public parking of vehicles for sale prohibited. "Sec 70-300 Offense. A person commits an offense when the person knowingly causes a vehicle for sale to be parked in an unauthorized location or knowingly permits a vehicle for sale to be parked in an unauthorized location within the City of La Porte, by: (1) actually parking the vehicle for sale at the unauthorized location, or